4561.01
Aeronautics definitions.

As used in sections
4561.01 to 4561.25 of the Revised Code:

(A)
"Aviation" means transportation by aircraft; operation of aircraft; the
establishment, operation, maintenance, repair, and improvement of airports,
landing fields, and other air navigation facilities; and all other activities
connected therewith or incidental thereto.

(B)
"Aircraft" means any contrivance used or designed for navigation or flight in
the air, excepting a parachute or other contrivance for such navigation used
primarily as safety equipment.

(C)
"Airport" means any location either on land or water which is used for the
landing and taking off of aircraft.

(D)
"Landing field" means any location either on land or water of such size and
nature as to permit the landing or taking off of aircraft with safety, and used
for that purpose but not equipped to provide for the shelter, supply, or care
of aircraft.

(E)
"Air
navigation facility" means any facility used, available for use, or designed
for use in aid of navigation of aircraft, including airports, landing fields,
facilities for the servicing of aircraft or for the comfort and accommodation
of air travelers, and any structures, mechanisms, lights, beacons, marks,
communicating systems, or other instrumentalities or devices used or useful as
an aid to the safe taking off, navigation, and landing of aircraft, or to the
safe and efficient operation or maintenance of an airport or landing field, and
any combination of such facilities.

(F)
"Air navigation hazard" means any structure, object of natural growth, or use
of land, that obstructs the air space required for the flight of aircraft in
landing or taking off at any airport or landing field, or that otherwise is
hazardous to such landing or taking off.

(G)
"Air navigation," "navigation of aircraft," or "navigate aircraft" means the
operation of aircraft in the air space over this state.

(H)
" Airperson" means any individual who, as the person in
command, or as pilot, mechanic, or member of the crew, engages in the
navigation of aircraft.

(I)
"Airway" means a route in the air space over and above the lands or waters of
this state, designated by the Ohio aviation board as a route suitable for the
navigation of aircraft.

(K)
"Government agency" means a state agency, state
institution of higher education, regional port authority, or any other
political subdivision of the state, or the federal government or other
states.